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Cambridge Fitness brings activity to the retired community
by LYNDA VAN KUREN | photos by MICHAEL CLINE SPENCER
There’s no getting around it. Your body, and what it needs to stay fit, changes as you age.
Cambridge Fitness provides workouts that take that fact into account, whether you are in your thirties or pushing ninety.
“When members walk in the door, we focus on them and their stage of life,” says BLAKE SHEPARD (right), wellness director at Cambridge Fitness. “Our specialty is determining exactly where each member is and developing individualized and structured programming, so they are comfortable, gain confidence, and meet their goals.”
Cambridge Fitness fills a unique space in the exercise world. Its membership is limited to area residents who are thirty-five and older and those who live in Cambridge Village of Wilmington, a retirement community.
Its mission is to ensure its members stay healthy in body and mind, and exercise plays an important role in meeting that objective.
“Staying active is so important for the body and the brain,” Shepard says. “Strength training helps prevent joints breaking down and replacement surgeries. Exercise also helps stave off early dementia by keeping the brain stimulated. And it’s an opportunity to be social, which is so important for any individual.”
Because Cambridge Fitness caters to an older crowd, its experienced staff not only have degrees in exercise physiology, they also are knowledgeable about the needs of those who have put some wear and tear on their bodies.
They are familiar with the typical injuries, illnesses, and orthopedic issues that accompany aging, the ways pregnancy can affect women’s bodies, and the strains working out can put on those in mid-life; and they develop exercise programs that take these factors into account.
For older members, those programs often focus on injury prevention and rehabilitation.
With all the activities Cambridge Fitness offers, members are bound to find a fitness routine that will help them attain their fitness goals and that they like.
That’s important because enjoyment is an essential element of any exercise protocol, Shepard says.
There’s strength training, which members can do on their own or with a class such as the one pictured on the previous page led by HALEY SMITHWICK, assistant wellness director.
Class options range from functional strength training to weight and TRX training as well as yoga, barre, and Zumba.
There is an indoor pool, which members can use to swim laps or join an aquatic class. And personal training is available.
Cambridge Fitness also offers a number of amenities, including outpatient physical therapy, concierge doctor, salon and spa, and smoothie bar and café – a favorite spot for hanging out and socializing.
For Shepard, serving the members of Cambridge Fitness is his perfect job. A former competitive gymnast, he learned firsthand the body’s ability to heal through movement, and that put him on his career path. Shepard worked in physical therapy, and when he found he loved working with seniors, he earned his certification as a functional aging specialist.
Shepard points out that many seniors improve rapidly when they have structured exercise programs they are committed to. Under his guidance, some previously sedentary seniors are now running 5Ks. Others, who had suffered from back pain for ten years have recovered in months.
“They tell me, ‘You’ve changed my life,’” Shepard says. “When you hear that day after day, it’s totally rewarding.” W
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